Stiegler-Balfour, J. J. & Smith, E. R. (2013, January). Why You Should be Making Things Harder for Your Students: Enhancing Classroom Learning Through the Introduction of Desirable Difficulties. Workshop presented at the 2013 University of New Hampshire Center for Teaching Excellence Faculty Development Workshop, Durham, NH.

Stiegler-Balfour, J. J. (2012, August). Desirable difficulties in the classroom. Workshop presented at the Conference on Applying the Science of Learning in Face-to-Face and Online Classes. University of New England, Biddeford, ME.

Stiegler-Balfour, J. J. (2012, April). Deep versus shallow processing techniques. Workshop resented at the Conference on the Science of Learning Goes to College: Applying the Science of Learning in College and University Curricula.University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.

Presentations

*denotes student author

2015

Stiegler-Balfour, J.J., & Robnett, R. H. (2015, August). The effects of attention and language skills on reading comprehension in an aging population. Poster to be presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.

Stiegler-Balfour, J.J., & Whitmore, E. K. (2015, August). Using experiential learning experiences to ensure the transfer of knowledge. Poster to be presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.

Stiegler-Balfour, J. J. (2014, October). The nuts and bolts of starting a program of research in the scholarship of teaching and learning. Talk presented at the 2014 New England Conference for Teachers of Psychology, Lewiston, ME.

Stiegler-Balfour, J. J. (2014, August). Optimizing teaching practices and learning outcomes through pedagogical research: An ECP perspective. In. J. Troisi (Chair), From getting your feet wet to diving in: How to conduct SoTL research as an early career psychologist. Symposium conducted at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

*Tatsak, H. & Stiegler-Balfour, J. J. (2013, April). The evolution of teaching: Is online learning a comparable form of education. Talk presented at the 2013 University of New England Undergraduate Symposium, Biddeford, ME.

Stiegler-Balfour, J. J. & Smith, E. R. (2013, January). Why You Should be Making Things Harder for Your Students: Enhancing Classroom Learning Through the Introduction of Desirable Difficulties. Workshop presented at the 2013 University of New Hampshire Center for Teaching Excellence Faculty Development Workshop, Durham, NH.

Stiegler-Balfour, J. J. (2012, August). Applying the science of learning to different classroom scenarios. In. S. Leder (Chair), From getting your feet wet to diving in: How to conduct SoTL research as an early career psychologist. Symposium conducted at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Orlando, FL.

Stiegler-Balfour, J. J. (2012, August). Desirable difficulties in the classroom. Workshop presented at the Conference on Applying the Science of Learning in Face-to-Face and Online Classes. University of New England, Biddeford, ME.

*Shahin, T. D., *Wilson, M. K., & Stiegler-Balfour, J. J. (2012, May). The role of inhibition in reading comprehension among skilled and less-skilled readers. Presented at the 2012 University of New England Undergraduate Research Symposium. Biddeford, ME.

Stiegler-Balfour, J. J. (2012, April). Deep versus shallow processing techniques. Workshop presented at the Conference on the Science of Learning Goes to College: Applying the Science of Learning in College and University Curricula. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.

Stiegler-Balfour, J.J. (PI), & Robnett, R. College of Arts and Sciences Scholarly Research Mini-Grant, University of New England: Reading Comprehension and Alzheimer’s Disease: Understanding the effects of related and unrelated text distracters, 2012-2013.